Among the many types of models developed over recent years in educational planning, some have been restricted to a single institution while others have formed relationships between entire educational systems and the economy at large, but very few have given results helpful to an educational planner. (Author/KM)

This paper explores systems of classification to develop a conceptual model adequate as an organized knowledge base for organizational communication research findings. The paper notes that present classification systems employed in organizational communication textbooks and in reviews of organizational literature are not adequate to the task of…

Two approaches to criterion-referenced measurement are described and contrasted--domain-referenced testing and mastery testing. This paper is organized according to ten issues or stages in test construction: (1) content domain specification; (2) item construction; (3) item domain specification; (4) item analysis; (5) item selection; (6) parallel…

A model of instruction is discussed and developed. The model has five requisite components; they are descriptions of: (1) the instruction agent's subject matter representation; (2) the learner's initial and current subject matter representations; (3) the instructional process itself; (4) the state of the learner at any point in the instructional…

Appendix I is concerned with the structure of axiomatic theories. Both the syntactic and deductive structure exhibited by axiomatic theories is investigated. Dependency is defined and a method is described that can be used to identify all dependencies that exist between axiomatic components. The ability to eliminate defined concepts and…

A procedure for using Guilford's structure of the intellect as the theoretical basis for a task analysis model is presented. It is reasoned that such a model would furnish a bridge between task analysis and test selection, and also a bridge between test selection and test validation. Such a mechanism might answer some fo the EEOC criticisms of…

To study the differences in teachers' time allocations to various functions when volunteers were and were not present, as well as the differences in the amount of adult time spent with individual pupils in these sessions, an experimental design was employed that included a taxonomy of classroom functions based both on a theoretical framework and…

Operationalizes the theoretical foundation of Gagne's model as a component in the instructional design process. The description of design techniques includes a sample media analysis, and a sample sequence worksheet. (JEG)

The author maintains that correctional workers are at a critical juncture in the use of classification strategies. Numerous guidelines are available for classification, but too often these are not applied. Several suggestions are made for effective classifications. (Author/HMV)

Examined are approaches to the problem of defining the severely/profoundly handicapped, and proposed is a definition based on service need with emphasis on teacher competencies. (CL)

The paper discusses the unconventional expectations associated with the label "feminine" as it affects role referrents of professorship within higher education. For journal availability, see SO 505 800. (Author)

Explicates a definition and theory of "aboutness" and aboutness analysis developed by text linguist van Dijk; explores implications of text linguistics for bibliographic classification theory; suggests the elements that a theory of the cognitive process of classifying documents needs to encompass; and delineates how people identify…

Tests the appropriateness of the Grunig models of public relations for describing and predicting current public relations practices in the state government of Louisiana. (FL)

The use of structural equation modeling is discussed in testing a range of theories of learning and cognition involving the concept of a hierarchy of variables of increasing complexity. To illustrate this approach, one method is applied to Bloom's taxonomy to test the theoretical assumption of hierarchical organization. (Author/MSE)

Current research on computer models of personality is reviewed and categorized under five headings: (1) models of belief systems; (2) models of interpersonal behavior; (3) models of decision-making processes; (4) prediction models; and (5) theory-based simulations of specific processes. The use of computer models in personality measurement is…